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Recent Examples of scenarist
The scenarist of the eternal frontier first had to get there.
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Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
Presumably these dynamics played better in scenarist Sarah Alderson’s original novel (which is set in Lisbon rather than Split).
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 3 Mar. 2022
McCarthy merely affects sociological seriousness by collaborating with French screenwriter Thomas Bidegain, the scenarist of Jacques Audiard’s 2009 social-justice movie A Prophet, a precursor to Hollywood’s blame-mass-incarceration trend.
—Armond White, National Review, 28 July 2021
Much of the first hour is devoted to getting-the-band-back-together mechanics, which also lets the scenarists — Mr. Singer, Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris and Simon Kinberg — give the characters some new emotional scars.
—Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 26 May 2016
Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
Presumably these dynamics played better in scenarist Sarah Alderson’s original novel (which is set in Lisbon rather than Split).
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 3 Mar. 2022
McCarthy merely affects sociological seriousness by collaborating with French screenwriter Thomas Bidegain, the scenarist of Jacques Audiard’s 2009 social-justice movie A Prophet, a precursor to Hollywood’s blame-mass-incarceration trend.
—Armond White, National Review, 28 July 2021
Much of the first hour is devoted to getting-the-band-back-together mechanics, which also lets the scenarists — Mr. Singer, Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris and Simon Kinberg — give the characters some new emotional scars.
—Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 26 May 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scenarist
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The Six Days of the Condor author — whose book became the Robert Redford film Three Days of the Condor and the current Max Irons TV series Condor — has published more than a dozen novels and three times that many short stories, and has also worked as a journalist and a scriptwriter for TV and film.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
16 July 2025
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The growing awareness of feminism in the ’70s spurred Houlihan’s transformation from caricature to real person, but a lot of the change was due to Swit’s influence on the scriptwriters.—
Mark Kennedy,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2025
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The screenwriters, Gabriel Dalla Torre and Lucia Bracelis, along with producers Cecilia Agüero and Gisela Levin, aim to create a narrative that blends dark humor and tension.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
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Martin Scorsese, Mike Nichols and I’m Still Here Oscar winner Walter Salles were attached to direct at various points, while scribes involved including Jeff King and Ransom screenwriter Richard Price.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Aug. 2025
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Conrad Earp, Asteroid City Of the three dramatists on this list, Earp is obviously the most developed.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2025
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Don’t underestimate what an intrepid dramatist can do with Shakespeare’s inexhaustible masterpiece.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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In 2024, Miranda collaborated with fellow playwright Eisa Davis on the musical project Warriors, a concept album themed after the 1979 film The Warriors.—
Katie Labovitz,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Closely | Opinion The celebrated Lebanese composer and playwright Ziad Rahbani, son of the iconic singer Fairuz, died suddenly on July 26.—
Alia Brahimi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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Technical writers and editors are also going to be devoured by AI.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
16 Aug. 2025
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During a recent piece in which ESPN writers ranked NFL teams based on their future outlooks, Walder offered an incredibly bold prediction on Nix, projecting that the former first-round pick will lose his job soon.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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Reflecting this, in 1726’s Gulliver’s Travels, the Irish litterateur Jonathan Swift satirized early scientists as buffoons.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
7 Mar. 2025
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Clearly, by now — that is, 1835 — science had done enough to prove itself in the eyes of the litterateurs.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
7 Mar. 2025
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Wednesday served as a good reminder that no sale of a professional sports franchise is ever complete until pen is put to paper.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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The cost of supplies add up fast — and when parents are buying pens and notebooks for multiple children, the costs add up even faster.—
Lily Altavena,
Freep.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Scenarist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scenarist. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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